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Movie Review: HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK (ONSEN SHAKU)

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/11/2025
HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK movie poster | ©2025 Utopia Select LLC

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Takuya Fujimura, Yuu Nakanishi, Sumiya Shiina, Kiyobumi Kaneko Writer: Morito Inoue Director: Morito Inoue Distributor: Utopia Select LLC Release Date: July 11, 2025 (theatrical, VOD) Anyone remember TOP SECRET!, the 1984 spy movie parody from the AIRPLANE team? Val Kilmer played a rock ‘n’ roll star whose repertoire included a number entitled, “How Silly Can You Get?” This is relevant, because it seems that writer/director Morito Inoue is attempting to answer that question with HOT SPRING SHARK ATTACK (ONSEN SHAKU), a Japanese-language movie that make the first couple of SHARKNADO entries look like nature documentaries. It […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ABRAHAM’S BOYS

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
ABRAHAM'S BOYS movie poster | ©2025 IFC

Rating: R Stars: Titus Welliver, Jocelin Donahue, Brady Hepner, Judah Mackey, Aurora Perrineau, Jonathan Howard, Fayna Sanchez, Corteon Moore Writer: Natasha Kermani, based on the short story by Joe Hill Director: Natasha Kermani Distributor: IFC Films/RLJE Films/Shudder Release Date: July 11, 2025 ABRAHAM’S BOYS is a slow burn tale of period what’s-going-on-here horror. Directed and scripted by Natasha Kermani from the short story by Joe Hill (one of the film’s producers) ABRAHAM’S BOYS begins with a 1895 quote from the journal of Dr. Abraham Van Helsing, stating that he sees vampirism as both a medical disease and an existential evil. […]Read On »


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SHARKFEST: Shark expert Gibbs Kuguru on INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/10/2025
Marine biologist Gibbs Kuguru and the team of shark experts analyze the behavioral patterns of bull sharks to gain insight into the July 4th encounters on South Padre Island, Texas in INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK | ©2025 Cineflix /Ian Watson

Shark expert Gibbs Kuguru is one of the investigators assembled for SHARKFEST’s new six-episode series INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK, which runs for six consecutive nights, beginning July 5. The episodes debut on National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, Disney Jr. and Disney XD, and are thereafter available on these networks’ streaming platforms, as well as Disney+ and Hulu. Kuguru is also busy with working on his PhD thesis and is featured on Discovery Channel’s upcoming SHARK WEEK programming later this month. Over a Zoom session, Kuguru talks about INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK. Last year, Kuguru was one of the experts […]Read On »


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SHARKFEST: Cinematographer Dan Beecham and shark expert Candace Fields on new shark docs – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/05/2025
Bertie Gregory, on the seabed for SHARKFEST 2025 | ©2025 National Geographic/Dan Beecham

It’s summer, which means, among many other things, that it’s time for National Geographic’s SHARKFEST. Two programs that arrive on this year’s opening night, July 5, are SHARKS UP CLOSE WITH BERTIE GREGORY and the first episode of INVESTIGATION SHARK ATTACK, which runs for six consecutive nights. Both programs debut on National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Mundo, Disney Jr. and Disney XD, are thereafter available on these networks’ streaming platforms, as well as Disney+ and Hulu. Underwater wildlife cinematographer Dan Beecham is originally from Oxfordshire, England. He has worked extensively for National Geographic and the BBC, as well […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actors Elizabeth Bowen and Corey Reynolds on Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Elizabeth Bowen as Deputy Liv Baker, Corey Reynolds as Sheriff Mike Thompson, Nicola Correia-Damude as Detective Lena Torres in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 4 - "The Ties That Bind" | ©2025 NBCUniversal / James Dittiger/USA Network

RESIDENT ALIEN is now in its fourth season on USA and Syfy Friday nights, with episodes thereafter streaming on Peacock. The extraterrestrial who has assumed the identity of Dr. Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk) is currently stuck in human form, which is making him extremely unhappy. However, law enforcement in Harry’s small town of Patience, Colorado, is feeling pretty excited about recent developments. Sheriff Mike, played by Corey Reynolds, and Deputy Liv, portrayed by Elizabeth Bowen, have both recently gotten confirmation that there are aliens around (although they still don’t know about Harry). For Liv, who has always believed, this is […]Read On »


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Movie Review: JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 07/01/2025
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH movie poster | ©2025 Universal Pictures

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ed Skrein, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Niamh Findlay, Audrina Miranda Writer: David Koepp, based on characters created by Michael Crichton Director: Gareth Edwards Distributor: Universal Pictures Release Date: July 2, 2025 JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH is set story-wise five years after its immediate .predecessor, 2022’s JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION. At the end of DOMINION, dinosaurs were being confined to a series of preserves. By the start of JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH, most of the dinosaurs have died out, unable to adapt to the modern climate. Those that remain are almost […]Read On »


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INTERIOR CHINATOWN: Creator and showrunner Charles Yu on new miniseries – Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
INTERIOR CHINATOWN Key Art | ©2024 Hulu

It is unusual for a novelist to become the showrunner on the adaptation of his book, but that’s what happened for writer Charles Yu with INTERIOR CHINATOWN. All ten episodes of the miniseries based on Yu’s 2020 novel, which won the National Book Award, are now available on Hulu. In INTERIOR CHINATOWN, Willis Wu is a waiter in his family’s Chinatown restaurant. To his considerable surprise, he discovers he is also a background character in his favorite TV show, BLACK & WHITE, a police procedural that consistently sidelines Asian-American detective Lana Lee (Chloe Bennet). It’s meta and twisty, combining comedy […]Read On »


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PATIENCE: Head writer Matt Baker on PBS’s neurodivergent crime procedural drama – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/28/2025
PATIENCE Key Art - Season 1 | ©2025 PBS

The first season of PATIENCE is now on PBS Sunday nights, with episodes streaming on PBS platforms thereafter. The U.K.-based procedural drama stars Ella Maisy Purvis as the title character, a criminologist with the York police records department. Patience is neurodivergent, with a talent for seeing patterns that others miss. Her skills bring her to the attention of Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser), who brings Patience onto her team to help solve cases. One aspect of PATIENCE that makes it unusual is that star Purvis, like her character, is neurodivergent. Writer Matt Baker helped adapt PATIENCE from the French […]Read On »


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Movie Review: SWEET RELIEF

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN | 06/27/2025
SWEET RELIEF movie poster | ©2025 Art Brut Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Alisa Leigh, B.R. Yeager, Adam Michael Kozak, Lucie Rosenfeld, Jocelyn Lopez, Catie Dupont, Erica Pinto, Daniel James Cashman, Gianni Passiglia, Cooper B. Handy, Joey Ogden, Jimmy Laine, Jane Karakula, Paul Lazar Writer: Nick Verdi Director: Nick Verdi Distributor: Art Brut Films Release Date: June 27, 2025 (theatrical, Eventive VOD) SWEET RELIEF takes its title from an online murder challenge game. While it’s not exactly what happened in real life with “Slender Man,” it’s in that general vicinity: an invented online supernatural myth that spreads and encourages harm. Hannah (Lucie Rosenfeld) enlists her besties, Lily (Jocelyn Lopez) […]Read On »


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RESIDENT ALIEN: Actress Sara Tomko chats about Season 4 – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN |
Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees in RESIDENT ALIEN - Season 4 - "The Lonely Man" | ©2025 NBCUniversal / James Dittiger/USA Network

RESIDENT ALIEN, based on the graphic novels by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, airs Friday nights on USA and Syfy, with episodes thereafter available for streaming on Peacock. Beginning July 4, RESIDENT ALIEN moves to a new Friday timeslot at 10 PM ET/PT, 9 PM Central. Developed for television by showrunner Chris Sheridan, RESIDENT ALIEN follows the misadventures of an extraterrestrial who has assumed to appearance and identity of small-town Patience, Colorado doctor Harry Vanderspiegle (Alan Tudyk). Sara Tomko plays Harry’s nurse, Asta Twelvetrees, who almost immediately finds out Harry’s big secret. Despite being at odds at first – it […]Read On »


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